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The Cocktail Nation

This week the follow up to Lynn M. Zook’s “Gambling on a Dream”. We also have news on a new supporter of the Cocktail Nation, take a look at the potential release of some JFK files, plus news on new Martini Kings album coming out soon....

Some classic comedy this week with JFK, impersonator Vaughn Meader. In swank advice we follow up to writing back to people. Plus, I’ve discovered another problem and another chance to grab a Frank Sinatra abode and of course the look at the world of swank gig guide as well a movie to check out about Ernest Hemmingway....

Some new music this week from Brisbane lounge band “Out Off Abingdon”. We take a look at the passing of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner as well as a quick look at some JFK files that are due to be released....

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The Cocktail Nation is a radio show and podcast broadcast across the world via various radio stations.

Every Saturday night your host Koop Kooper talks to the movers and shakers of the lounge and Exotica scene while mixing it up with the very best in swingin’ tunes from the 50s and 60s.

Koop Kooper

Pour yourself a drink and make yourself comfortable for your introduction to Mr. Koop Kooper, the host of The Cocktail Nation — a lounge and exotica podcast out of the Sydney penthouse.

Kooper is a DJ, writer, voiceover artist and known around Sydney town as a "hepster" who is always on the lookout for new crazy music. He mostly listens to lounge and Exotica and loves the new stuff that is coming out these days in what is a vibrant scene. He is also an avid collector of late fifties and early sixties furniture for over fifteen years now.

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Ultra Swank is a magazine styled blog that takes you back in time into the kitsch, chic, swank and camp living of the 1940s to the 1970s. We mostly focus on the design, style, and fashion of the happy-go-lucky and space-age-living mentality of that era – but also on the music and movies that takes you back to happier times. Ultra Swank is written by a dedicated team of time travelers from around the globe.